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Theorizing Islamist Parties’ Mobilization at the Polls

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This chapter presents the book’s theoretical model for analyzing Islamist parties’ mobilization, which is the supply-and-demand framework, based on a combination of three theories—electoral authoritarianism theory, protest voting theory, and political process theory. It argues that in electoral authoritarianism, demand is guided by calculation of benefits and costs, and the supply side highlights Islamist parties’ political opportunities, organizational strength, and framing process, which determine whether the parties can bring changes to the status quo, and what costs they may bring to voters.

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Zhang, C. (2020). Theorizing Islamist Parties’ Mobilization at the Polls. In: Islamist Party Mobilization. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9487-4_2

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